New Challenge - High Water Level Siphon Outlet

Been thinking all night yesterday and today I made another outlet for this high level situation on my Aquaponics system. If you don't have same high water problem its not required for your installation.

I use Tee join and an aerator tongue to give aeration and cutting siphon without problem. Photo below is the items require for making it.

From left: 25mm/1" PVC pipe with holes drilled in it, the length is up to you. 15mm PVC pipe about 4 inches cut diagonally with holed end cap on the end. 20~25mm adapter to hold the 15mm PVC pipe, you can use other means to hold the 15mm pipe. and a 25mm Tee.

Photo above the 15mm PVC jammed into the adapter. Below the attachment installed to siphon outlet.

As below siphon activated bubbles and cut off with little problem.

Below is the video of this attachment and how its made.So far its good I am monitoring it closely for this next few days.

Well, i've tried using [just] a tee earlier, but in result it reducing the power of the siphon so does its speed, as the more bend in the outlet will slowing down the water drainage speed, so i'm not using it anymore.

I really enjoy seeing your system work, very inspiring! Perhaps using a "Y" connector like this: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSOndoL48nBstZJnG0I7S1Ih8FALiMNO0X9gAMRxfZwHA1PpixE would be a simpler option? If there's any water splash you could cover the side opening with tape and then cut out a smaller opening. This way no elbows are needed either, you can feed straight down from the bed if that would work better.

Selamat Datang

I am an Aquaponics Enthusiast from Malaysia. My involvement with Aquaponics started few years back moving from water gardening, ornamental fish keeping and from necessities to keep plants alive in concrete jungle we live in.

Urban Agrostyle specializing in Media Based Flood & Drain Aquaponics using siphon, producing vegetables and fish for household use in the small space that I have. Ornamental Aquaponics is another area of aquaponics that I am looking at with working prototype that currently in use.

I did made some design improvement to the aquaponics siphon making it reliable and as such that it is an "install and forget" item in the system.

This blog is about my daily activities in Aquaponics, trying new things, improving on old or just routine work that I do. It will also be some blunders that happens occasionally, so that it will be a lesson learned and not repeated.

I don't do Aquaponics on a commercial scale because it requires different level of expertise, settings and support equipment, therefore I will not reply any query on it.

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